Английская Википедия:Alyce Clarke
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Alyce Griffin Clarke (born July 3, 1939) is an American politician. A Democrat, she is a former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 69th district, being first elected in 1984 and serving till 2024.
Early life
Clarke was born on July 3, 1939, in Yazoo City, Mississippi. She received a bachelor's degree from Alcorn State University and a master's degree from Tuskegee Institute. She also attended Jackson State University and Mississippi College.[1] Prior running for office, Clarke worked in education, teaching home economics. She also worked as a nutritionist at a community health center in Hinds County.[2] She married L.W. Clarke Jr and they had one child, Demarquis Johntrell.[1]
Political career
Clarke was first elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 69th district in 1984. She was the first black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature.[3] She worked on bringing the federal Women, Infants and Children food program to the state, setting up drug courts and organizing school breakfasts.[2] In the 1990s, she founded a short-lived "biracial, bipartisan" Women's Caucus in the Mississippi House.[2]
She is set to retire at the 2023 Mississippi elections in November.[4]
Personal life
In 1981, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.[2]
References
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 The Political Lives of Mississippi Women, in Black and White, by Ellen Ann Fentress; at Bitter Southerner; retrieved November 1, 2018
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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